Quotes from the video Darwin and Malthus:
  • “The natural tendency of mankind is to reproduce.”
  • “A struggle for resources slows growth, and death and disease, war and famine check the population.”
  • “Why are we not overrun with insects and frogs, given the rate they reproduce?”
  • “Sometimes it’s the ugly ducklings that are better adapted to the situations in life.”
  • “They survive and have more offspring.”
  • “Nature selects them to pass on their traits to future generations.”
  • “Nature does not revolve around man.”
  • “But now you have a theory…”

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